Category: Web Finds


  • The Sewing Gazette

    Julie Pieri from Quilted Pleasures writes a great monthly newsletter, The Sewing Gazette filled with news and information from the quilting and sewing world. I’ll be a guest for the November issue. Sign up to receive the newsletter and read my interview.

  • Running the Quilting Gallery site, it’s no surprise that dozens of quilting-related blogs come across my screen each day. I can’t remember another blog that captured my attention so thoroughly like Leah Day’s 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs. I’ve been watching the progress daily on this blog for a few weeks, and…

  • Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!

  • The Women’s Historical Fiction Challenge E-Book is complete and available for download.

  • What a truly wonderful story this is, The centenarian quilter. Emily Harrell has been quilting since she was 8, and she’s now 100. I’m sure we could all learn a few tricks from her. Found via Twitter by @konabayfabrics.

  • As a fundraiser for The Quilters Hall of Fame July 2009 induction ceremonies of Merikay Waldvogel, Kim Wulfert from Women On Quilts is sponsoring an invitation to women to write a creative story about growing up as a female, between 1902 and 1942 in the US. In 750-1000 words, your story will have as the…

  • No doubt, many of us quilters all have this same problem… What to do with our fabric stash? Here are some articles I’ve found on the subject. Organizing your Stash into books Fabric Folding Scrap User’s System! Fabric Stash Organization and Tutorial Fabric Justice Fabric Organization Do you have any tips or other resources to…

  • Beth over at Simply Sewn is having a big box give-away. Here’s some wonderful Moda Marbles that she’s including in the box. Good luck!

  • Carla Barrett of Feathered Fibers draws these adorable quilting cartoons for a magazine, Machine Quilting Unlimited.

  • Every Friday, FabricMom has a draw for a Fat Quarter on her web site. I was the lucky winner of this gorgeous piece of fabric, Orange Spiral, that arrived in the mail today. Be sure to check her site each week to enter.